Walk the path God chooses for you!

6/3/2019

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” Jonah 1:1-2 NKJV

Jonah was called to be a prophet to the Assyrian city of Nineveh. The people of Nineveh were the enemies of God’s people. They were hated and despised by Israel.

When God sent Jonah to call Nineveh to repentance Jonah disobeyed. Jonah fled in the opposite direction. Through a series of circumstances brought about by God Jonah repented. Jonah surrendered to God’s will for His life. He called the people of Nineveh to repentance.

When Jonah preached to the people of Nineveh they repented of their sin. Jonah was angry that God spared an evil city. He was angry that the Lord did not destroy them.

God is able to accomplish His plans for us even though we do not always walk in obedience to Him.

Jonah was a Godly man. He wanted to live for the Lord. He was willing to serve God as long as it did not take him out of his comfort zone. God saw something in Jonah he could not see in himself. God saw a man He could use to bring the capitol city of an evil nation to repentance.

God sees so much more in us than we can see in ourselves. Like a weapon fashioned by a master craftsman God is preparing us for the works He wants accomplish in us and through us. Jesus is forming His heart in us!

We should not despise people who do not know the Lord. People all over the world are committing all manner of evil deeds today. Jesus loves them. He wants to bring them to repentance and salvation. The Lord wants to have an intimate relationship with them!

Jesus loves the lost the lonely and the sinners of the world. Jesus does not want us to look down upon the people who need Him the most. Jesus wants us to love them. Ask Jesus to give you a heart for the lost the lonely and the brokenhearted.

Jonah did not believe he could love the people of Nineveh. There are people you and I may think we cannot love. With God all things are possible. Jesus can soften our hard hearts.

Jesus can teach us to love the unlovable, use us to reach the lost, come alongside the lonely and comfort the brokenhearted!

Jesus wants to take us out of our comfort zone. The Lord can use us despite of our selfish desires. Jesus can accomplish His plans for us even though we disobey Him at times. That is not an excuse for disobedience. It is an exhortation to work through it!

Trust Jesus enough to walk the path He chooses for you today and every day!

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Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Acts 16:16-18 NKJV

The slave girl was speaking the truth. She was possessed by an evil spirit. The evil spirit was drawing people away from Christ!

This attack came as God’s servants went to prayer. The enemy of our souls attacks when we step out in faith. Satan seeks to distract us. He wants us to focus our attention on things other than Jesus.

The devil perverts the truth. He uses it against us. No one can serve two masters. This girl was speaking the truth about Paul and his companions while practicing witchcraft. When people claim to speak for God we must consider how they live.

The girl followed the disciples for several days before they cast the demon out of her. It is important for us to wait on the Lord before stepping out in faith. The bible tells us Paul was greatly annoyed by this girl. Paul was not fearful. The Lord was with Him!

Paul and Silas were put in jail. The owners of the slave girl were angry at the loss of income when the demon was cast out of her. While Paul and Silas were in jail they shared the gospel with the jailer. His entire household was saved.

God uses Satan’s attacks for His glory and our salvation!

Satan is a real being. He takes people captive to do his will. There really are demons who seek to destroy God’s people and bring destruction to our world.

We have nothing to fear from the devil or his demons when we live according to God’s will. We have nothing to fear from anyone or anything when we step out in faith to serve Jesus!

Jesus wants us to fear Him and Him alone. He wants us to know His power and authority are unequaled in all of creation.

God wants you share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people in your life. Jesus wants you to walk in great boldness because He is with you everywhere you go!

Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Walk the path God chooses for you!

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